Author: BooMan

Not the Way to Calm Things in Ferguson

Late last night my Twitter feed lit up with reports of looting in Ferguson, Missouri. This was immediately followed by reports of citizens stepping up to protect businesses against looters. It was discouraging and encouraging at...

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Standards Do Change

Damon Linker thinks it’s basically self-evident that every parent would be horrified to learn that one of their children works in the pornography industry, and that seems intuitively true. It’s true in my case....

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On Rick Perry’s Indictments

There are a lot of rumors and false information swirling around the twin-indictment of Texas Governor Rick Perry on charges of abuse of power and coercion. Olivia Nuzzi does a good job of cutting through the bull in an...

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Can’t Call it a Comeback Now

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a potential Republican canidate for president in 2016, was indicted Friday in an investigation into an effort to force a local official out of office, NBC station KXAN of Austin...

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I Don’t Like Cowards

Being one of them, sometimes white people make me discouraged: Gun sales spiked in the region around Ferguson, Missouri, this week, as police face off with protesters in what until Thursday night was an around-the-clock...

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